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Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters is a film of genre Documentary released in USA on 5 may 2007

Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters (2007)

Gai Shanxi and Her Sisters
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Released in USA 5 may 2007
Length 1h20

Gai Shanxi and her Sisters (), directed by Ban Zhongyi, is a 2007 independent Chinese documentary about one Chinese woman's ordeal as a "comfort woman" for the Japanese Army during World War II.



^ Jun Hongo (2006-12-02). "China filmmaker finds wartime sex slaves". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
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